Kelly was put though his paces by the public administration select
committee last Friday, along with representatives of Tesco and
AstraZeneca.

Committee chair Tony Wright suggested that, as a former chief spokesman
for Tony Blair at Number 10, Kelly must have 'quite a contacts book'.
But the BAA man seemed keen to stamp on that suggestion. 'Well, actually
no,' he spluttered. 'My contacts are with press officers. My main
contacts on a daily basis were with other departments' press offices. My
role was as a communicator, not a policy maker.'

Just press officers,eh Tom? Surely you're not suggesting that a PRO
should not be top of every decent contact book? No? Good, thought so.
Just checking.